Mick Anglo was best known for creating the superhero Marvelman, later known as Miracleman.
10 Facts About Mick Anglo
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Mick Anglo drew a small number of short humorous comic strips for the publisher John Matthew during 1946, and for two other companies, Rayburn and A Solway in 1948.
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Mick Anglo produced a number of one-off stories contemporaneously with his Martin and Reid work for Paget Publications, one of the smaller British comics imprints of the day; producing short run, often single issue, titles containing a number of stories.
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Early in 1954 Mick Anglo opened his own comics production company, Gower Studios, in Gower Street, London.
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In 1954 Mick Anglo created the character he is best known for, Marvelman.
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Between 1954 and 1960 Mick Anglo would be the main writer for all three titles, producing a vast number of stories.
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Parallel to Marvelman, Mick Anglo had gained further mileage from the Marvelman material; in 1954 Mick Anglo wrote two issues of Captain Universe for Arnold Books, a near-identical character to Captain Marvel and Marvelman.
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Mick Anglo created the character Superhombre for Spanish publisher Editorial Ferma in 1958; the new hero was a third reworking of the Captain Marvel template.
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Mick Anglo had little to do with the revival of the Marvelman character in 1982 by Alan Moore for Quality Communications' anthology Warrior.
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The main thing is that I will feel happy to know that Mick Anglo is finally getting the recompense he so richly deserves.